diff --git a/src/cl/lighthouse/lighthouse_launcher.star b/src/cl/lighthouse/lighthouse_launcher.star
index 81e25b7e9..79a319de8 100644
--- a/src/cl/lighthouse/lighthouse_launcher.star
+++ b/src/cl/lighthouse/lighthouse_launcher.star
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ def get_beacon_config(
         "--http",
         "--http-address=0.0.0.0",
         "--http-port={0}".format(BEACON_HTTP_PORT_NUM),
-        "--http-allow-sync-stalled",
         "--slots-per-restore-point={0}".format(32 if constants.ARCHIVE_MODE else 8192),
         # NOTE: This comes from:
         #   https://github.com/sigp/lighthouse/blob/7c88f582d955537f7ffff9b2c879dcf5bf80ce13/scripts/local_testnet/beacon_node.sh